ngSkinTools

• Added: pressing “f” while painting focuses viewport camera to current paint target; for joints and other influences, current joint pivot is used as camera interest point; when current paint target is a mask, viewport centers around painted values;
• Fixed: influence mapping UI error if some influences are not joints;

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Fixed: undo paint crashing Maya;
• Fixed: incorrect brush behavior with multiple viewports open;
• Fixed: incorrect mesh display / VP2 transparency setting sensitive;
• Fixed: clearing selection while painting does not update display of current mesh;

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Fixed: joint sampling on screen now displays joint positions correctly after moving them while painting.

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Added: support for non-transform skinCluster influences, e.g. matrix nodes. Due to Maya bug, ngSkinTools will use slower API to update weights in skinCluster to avoid Maya crashes, if such influences are detected.

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Added: unify weights tool: for vertex selection, calculate average weights and assign for each vertex.
• Added: highlight current joint while painting.
• Fixed: ngSkinToolsUI close/open results in broken UI state

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Fix: user hotkeys are switched to ngSkinTools2 permanently

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Fixed/updated brush invert behavior. Holding CTRL is switches quickly how brush works:
  • Replace brush intensity switches to giving quick access to “replace with zero” brush;
  • “Smooth” mode switches to “Sharpen” and vice versa;
  • “Add” mode switches to “Scale” and vice versa;
• Added joint selection on screen by joint position. Hit “S” and then drag mouse around: if you’re near a joint, it will take priority over sampling a current joint from a mesh.

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• macOS builds;
• Added: optionally hide unselected vertices (“Paint/Display settings/Hide unselected vertices”);
• Added: converting layers ngSkinTools v1 to v2. This should help make an easier transition for V1 users. The conversion is a one-way action, so make sure you have a copy of your scene if you intent to continue your work in V1;
• Added: “transfer layers” action, for copying layers between meshes;
• Fixed: “create new layer” is few times faster now, but this will only be noticeable on high density meshes;
• Fixed: Maya crashes if started in batch mode while ngSkinTools is installed (fix backported from V1);
• Fixed: selecting current influence on screen does not correctly update “selected influences” in UI.

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

Bug fixes:

• Fixed: when paint is started in “isolate selected” mode, paint surface is not shown;
• Fixed: paint tab / display settings: display values not consistent with viewport between closing/opening viewport;
• Fixed: after toggling to original mesh, animation is not updating for that mesh while paint tool is active;
• Fixed: painting appears to be stuck if painting with 1.0 brush over 1.0 painted area - only brushes that update weights refresh brush cursor.

Not fixed:

• Stylus pressure handling is not working properly: probably a Maya 2020 bug; filed a bug to Autodesk to investigate;

Minor life quality improvements:

• Paint tab, “Show original mesh” button will appear to be pressed down when original mesh is visible;

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

• Fixed: hard crash if mesh is deleted during paint operation (del or ctl+x)
• Fixed: select current joint on screen: incorrect joint location drawn when joints are moved
• Fixed: some links in Help menu do not point to correct location
• Added “Help | Check for Updates”, so you can be notified when update is available;

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020

First public release of v2. See v2 launch status for more details.

Compatibility: Maya 2018 Maya 2019 Maya 2020